Category: Wet

  • Happy New Year… two weeks of Wet! (and wind?)

    So doing my regular swipe through the forecast models today and I came across a beauty of a long range forecast. Basically, our first few weeks of 2010 are going to be wet. And not just a little wet. If the forecast holds (and yes, that’s a big if right now) then between January 1…

  • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

    Hi everyone! Merry Christmas! Well, not a whiff of snow around here. But hey, at least we don’t have a blizzard like most of the US. It’s going to stay pretty much as it has been the past week. I think the weather is taking a holiday too. Nothing really exciting happening though there is…

  • Rain Rain, what about Christmas?

    So you might be wondering what the Christmas forecast is? Well… it’s still a ways out there… but you might just be looking at it right now. That’s right. A little bit of wind, a bunch of wet..and lots of green. It’s not all bad news though, there is start amongst the weather blogs that…

  • Flood Watch Issued for Vancouver Island

    Including, this time, the Alberni Valley. Since it is Island wide, I will let you go check it out for details on other parts of the Island. Here is the information most relevant to Alberni area residents: Quote starts: Weather forecasts indicate the front pushing onto north and central Vancouver Island today, bring moderate to…

  • El Nino Revs Up… and what happens with Arctic Melts?

    So I figured since the forecast was pretty…. predictable… I’d focus on something else. Namely. El Nino. The NOAA Prediction center updated its advisory on Nov 5. Quote: Synopsis: El Niño is expected to continue strengthening and last through at least the Northern Hemisphere winter 2009-2010. Expected El Niño impacts during November 2009-January 2010 include…